The Asia-Pacific Legal Metrology Forum (APLMF) is a grouping of legal metrology authorities in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) economies and other economies on the Pacific Rim, whose objective is the development of legal metrology and the promotion of free and open trade in the region through the harmonisation and removal of technical or administrative barriers to trade in the field of legal metrology.

The members intend to collaborate in APLMF to promote the coordination and integrity of legal metrology activities and services in order to achieve greater harmony of measurement and testing within the Asia-Pacific Region and build mutual confidence in measurement between Members. Specific objectives are:
- To identify and promote the removal of technical or administrative barriers to trade in the field of legal metrology.
- To develop and maintain mutual confidence in measurement (metrological control) among legal metrology authorities in the Asia-Pacific region.
- To provide a forum for exchange of information among legal metrology authorities.
- To promote mutual recognition arrangements among Members and with other regional groups and individual economies.
- To cooperate with the International Organization of Legal Metrology (OIML) and promote the use and acceptance of OIML International Recommendations and other publications and the OIML Certification System.
- To collaborate with other regional bodies in the field of legal metrology.
- To coordinate regional training courses in legal metrology and facilitate exchange of staff personnel among authorities.
- To facilitate the provision of cooperation and assistance in the development of the legal metrology infrastructure of members.

Contacts:
http://www.aplmf.org/
Phone: 81-29-861-4024
Fax: 81-29-861-4020

Mailing
Address: AIST, NMIJ, Tsukuba Central 3-1
1-1-1 Umezono, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8563 Japan